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Meat Specialist

The meat specialist is a fully skilled job that cuts and merchandises all fresh meat commodities.

Core competencies include partnerships, growth mindset, results oriented, customer focused, and professionalism.

Reporting relations include accountability to the District Store Director, Store Manager, Assistant Managers of Operations, Perishables, Health Wellness Home, Service Managers, Meat Department Manager or Assistant Meat Department Manager.

Primary duties and responsibilities include providing prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service, tenderizing, grinding, and cutting merchandise, preparing cutting lists for case fills, conducting cutting tests, ordering new items, monitoring refrigeration, maintaining personal hygiene, adhering to company policies, and reporting to work on time.

Secondary duties and responsibilities include managing the department in the absence of the manager, wrapping, weighing, and labeling products, performing cleaning, replenishing and organizing coolers, assisting in other areas of the store, and performing other job-related duties and special projects.

Supervisory responsibilities include managing the department in the absence of the department manager and assistant department manager.

Knowledge, skills, abilities, and worker characteristics include solving practical problems, arithmetic calculations, filing, posting, mailing, copying data, talking with customers, guiding people, and providing basic direction.

Education and experience include high school or equivalent, Hy-Vee food safety training, and over one year of related work experience preferred.

Physical requirements include exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Visual requirements include vision, depth perception, color vision, and field of vision. Must be able to perform climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.

Working conditions include exposure to dirt, noise, temperature extremes, dampness, vibrations, equipment movement hazards, cleaning chemicals/solvents, and electrical shock. This is a fast-paced work environment.

Equipment used to perform the job includes power band saw, grinder, tenderizer, slicker, bone duster (where applicable), knives, tumblers, automatic patty machine (where applicable), automatic stuffier, wrapping system, rotisserie, pallet jack, and familiar with software.

Confidentiality includes access to cutting tests, tonnage sheets, monthly reports, and projection sheets.

Contacts include daily contact with customers, the general public, and vendors/suppliers in the absence of the department manager.

The anticipated hourly starting wage for this position is $14.00 to $17.50 depending on experience. For information on company benefits visit Benefits | Hy-Vee.

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